Mill Frame

The Mill Frame data block supports the creation of frames with or without uniform corners.

To start a new Mill Frame block:

1. From the Input screen, select the Part Programming softkey or icon.

2. Select the Insert Block Before softkey.

3. From the New Block screen, select the Milling softkey.

4. From the New Block (Milling) screen, select Frame. Mill Frame screen opens.

The Mill Frame block fields appear on two tabs: Geometry and Corners. The frame geometry parameters are entered on the Geometry tab. Corner Radius specifies the radius of the reference corner. Use this field if all four corners of the frame will have the same radius.

To program unique corners (with different radii), parameters are set on the Corners tab. Select Line or Arc for each corner, and specify a radius for arcs, or length and angle for lines. If the corner should have neither, geometry should be left as an arc with radius of 0.00, which is the default.

The Field Name Glossary contains definitions of all WinMax fields. The fields listed below appear on the Mill Frame screen. Fields displayed on screen may vary according to machine type, configuration, parameter settings, and/or settings in other fields.

Mill Frame Example

 

The sample data in the fields above create the following frame.

 

In this example, Milling Type is ON. Machine movement is:

1. Tool moves at Rapid Traverse rate to Z Start.

2. Tool moves at Plunge Feed rate to Z Bottom at the mid-point of the bottom side of the frame (because Start Side is Bottom).

3. When the tool reaches Z Bottom, milling occurs with the center of the tool along the contour (Milling Type On), moving clockwise around the frame until milling is complete.

4. Tool retracts at Rapid Traverse rate to the    plane.